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Game Preview: CLE @ SEA, 4:10pm, Saturday, July 25, 2009 @Safeco Field

Indians, 39-58, 4th, 13 GB, 18 GB in WC

SP: Jeremy Sowers (26, LHP, 2-7, 5.77)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. SEA Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (2-7)			57.2	65	38	37	25	30	7	5.77
2008 (4-9)			121.0	141	84	75	39	64	18	5.58
2007 (1-6)			67.1	84	49	48	21	24	10	6.42

Last 7 GS		1-5	38.2	45	25	24	13	22	4	5.59	44
2009-07-07	@CHW	L	5.1	5	4	4	2	4	1	83	44
2009-07-01	CHW	L	6.0	11	5	5	1	2	1	79	31
2009-06-26	CIN	W	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	106	62
2009-06-21	@CHC	L	4.1	7	6	6	4	1	1	77	22
2009-06-16	MIL	L	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	99	45
2009-06-11	KCR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	99	48
2009-06-06	@CHW	L	6.0	5	3	2	2	5	1	92	55

Last 5 v.SEA		2-1	25.0	22	7	7	6	11	2	2.52	57
2008-08-29	SEA	L	5.0	7	3	3	0	0	1	95	41
2008-07-19	@SEA	W	6.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	103	46
2007-09-26	@SEA	ND	5.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	78	60
2006-07-28	SEA	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	109	79

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   20-28   Road:   19-30   ExtrInn: 2-5 
 vsRHP:  27-44   vsLHP:  12-14   1-Run:  14-12
 vsEast: 14-15   vsCntrl:16-23   vsWest:  4-7  IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 97 Fri, Jul 24  @SEA  W   9-0       39-58  4th 13.0 gb
 96 Thu, Jul 23  @TOR  W   5-4       38-58  4th 12.5 gb
 95 Wed, Jul 22  @TOR  L   6-10      37-58  5th 13.5 gb
 94 Tue, Jul 21  @TOR  W   2-1       37-57  5th 13.5 gb
 93 Sun, Jul 19   SEA  L   3-5       36-57  5th 13.5 gb
 92 Sat, Jul 18   SEA  L   1-3       36-56  5th 13.5 gb
 91 Fri, Jul 17   SEA  L   2-6       36-55  5th 13.5 gb
 90 Thu, Jul 16   SEA  W   4-1       36-54  5th 13.5 gb
 89 Sun, Jul 12  @DET  L   1-10      35-54  5th 14.0 gb
 88 Sat, Jul 11  @DET  W   5-4       35-53  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:10-20

Mariners, 51-45, 3rd, 6½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Erik Bedard (30, LHP, 5-2, 2.70)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (5-2)			80.0	63	27	24	30	84	8	2.70
2008 (6-4)			81.0	70	38	33	37	72	9	3.67
2007 (13-5)			182.0	141	66	64	57	221	19	3.16

Last 7 GS		3-1	37.1	24	13	12	19	41	5	2.89	57
2009-07-19	@CLE	ND	4.2	4	3	2	3	6	1	93	49
2009-07-12	TEX	ND	5.2	3	2	2	4	5	1	93	56
2009-07-07	BAL	ND	4.0	2	2	2	1	8	0	72	57
2009-06-07	MIN	W	5.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	101	51
2009-06-02	BAL	W	6.1	4	1	1	3	7	0	112	65
2009-05-27	@OAK	W	6.2	5	1	1	2	5	1	108	63
2009-05-21	LAA	L	5.0	2	2	2	2	6	2	95	59

Last 5 v.CLE		2-0	28.2	23	14	12	11	34	6	3.77	55
2009-07-19	@CLE	ND	4.2	4	3	2	3	6	1	93	49
2007-05-04	CLE	ND	6.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	105	60
2007-04-28	@CLE	ND	6.0	5	4	4	2	11	1	108	55
2006-07-08	@CLE	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	100	62
2006-04-20	CLE	W	6.0	6	4	3	2	7	2	101	51

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   25-19   Road:   26-26   ExtrInn: 5-4 
 vsRHP:  34-32   vsLHP:  17-13   1-Run:  23-13
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest: 16-15 IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Fri, Jul 24   CLE  L   0-9       51-45  3rd  6.5 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 23  @DET  W   2-1       51-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 22  @DET  W   2-1       50-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 21  @DET  L   7-9       49-44  3rd  5.5 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 19  @CLE  W   5-3       49-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 18  @CLE  W   3-1       48-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 17  @CLE  W   6-2       47-43  3rd  4.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 16  @CLE  L   1-4       46-43  3rd  5.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 12   TEX  W   5-3       46-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul 11   TEX  W   4-1       45-42  3rd  4.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jul 19, 2009 SEA  5 @CLE  3        W:Shawn Kelley (2-1), L: Rafael Betancourt (1-2), S: David Aardsma (22)
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 SEA  3 @CLE  1        W:Jarrod Washburn (7-6), L: Tomokazu Ohka (0-4), S: David Aardsma (21)
Fri, Jul 17, 2009 SEA  6 @CLE  2        W:Felix Hernandez (10-3), L: David Huff (4-4), S: none
Thu, Jul 16, 2009 CLE  4  SEA  1        W:Cliff Lee (5-9), L: Garrett Olson (3-3), S: none

Sun, Aug 31, 2008 SEA  6 @CLE  4        W:Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-2), L: Zach Jackson (0-1), S: Roy Corcoran (2)
Sat, Aug 30, 2008 SEA  4 @CLE  3 (10)   W:J.J. Putz (6-4), L: Jensen Lewis (0-4), S: Randy Messenger (1)
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 SEA  3 @CLE  2        W:Felix Hernandez (9-8), L: Jeremy Sowers (2-7), S: J.J. Putz (10)
Sun, Jul 20, 2008 CLE  6 @SEA  2        W:Cliff Lee (13-2), L: Carlos Silva (4-12), S: none
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 CLE  9 @SEA  6        W:Jeremy Sowers (1-5), L: Miguel Batista (4-11), S: none
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 SEA  8  CLE  2        W:Felix Hernandez (7-6), L: Aaron Laffey (5-6), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - SEA leads 3-2; 2008 - SEA won 5-4; 2007 - CLE won 4-3; All-Time - CLE leads 189-149

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2009 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.52

FLA 4.49

SDP 3.65

RA/G

SFG 3.74

FLA 4.66

WSN 5.54

J. Mauer .363

Y. Molina .288

R. Cedeno .186

OBP

M. Ramirez .475

M. Reynolds .363

R. Cedeno .236

SLG

A. Pujols .711

C. Blake .465

N. Punto .245

OPS

A. Pujols 1.161

T. Tulowitzki .823

B. Giles .548

ERA

Z. Greinke 2.08

J. Lester 3.87

J. Geer 5.84

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.82

R. Wolf 6.68

J. Lannan 3.74

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Indians Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Mariners Pitchers (4.13 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 45.Bedard*
G/S/vB 53.Aardsma
G/S/vB 43.Batista
G/S/vB 48.Corcoran
G/S/vB 34.Hernandez
G/S/vB 41.Jakubauskas
G/S/vB 23.Kelley
G/S/vB 57.Lowe
G/S/vB 49.Olson*
G/S/vB 56.Washburn*
G/S/vB 46.White
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 8/2.000 7/.971 1/.000 316/213 .299/.356/.413/.769 .679/.822 .873 85/.678 10/3 2/5

11.Carroll G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 11/.364 2/.500 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 8/.715 10/1.000 ··· 180/136 .276/.379/.342/.721 .899/.664 .840 45/.634 1/2 1/1

17.Choo* G/S/vP 3/.000 2/.500 2/4.000 3/1.167 12/1.458 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 5/1.400 6/.000 1/.000 406/273 .286/.394/.466/.860 .809/.885 .870 83/.851 13/1 13/4

12.Francisco G/S/vP 2/3.500 1/.000 4/.750 1/2.000 9/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 7/.143 5/.200 1/.000 332/260 .239/.326/.384/.710 .761/.697 .674 72/.860 12/2 8/1

25.Garko G/S/vP 5/.000 2/1.000 4/.500 3/.000 6/1.167 ··· ··· 1/2.000 6/1.167 12/.694 1/.000 258/191 .280/.359/.440/.799 .913/.758 .769 71/.835 0/0 10/4

8.Gimenez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/33 .214/.313/.381/.693 .421/.816 .894 17/.423 0/0 2/0

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 17/.779 6/.167 7/1.771 1/2.000 12/.606 1/no AB ··· 2/1.500 2/.500 26/1.332 ··· 179/130 .284/.380/.516/.896 .870/.906 .829 64/.804 0/0 10/

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 21/.736 6/.333 7/.619 3/.666 15/.750 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 5/.200 26/.982 ··· 411/285 .289/.370/.471/.840 .846/.839 .885 84/.404 0/0 14/3

2.Peralta G/S/vP 17/.945 6/.533 9/.708 5/.200 18/.572 2/2.000 1/.000 3/.333 7/.572 22/.490 1/.000 367/265 .253/.329/.369/.698 .687/.702 .758 86/.699 0/1 6/9

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 6/.834 1/.000 2/1.500 2/1.000 6/.167 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 4/.500 9/1.431 1/.000 199/156 .194/.320/.370/.689 .926/.629 .805 29/.622 0/0 7/3

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 18/.278 4/.500 10/.300 3/1.667 16/1.420 1/.000 1/.000 5/.400 6/1.467 18/.866 1/.000 344/226 .230/.322/.437/.758 .710/.783 .817 94/.773 9/7 13/0

1.Valbuena* G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 179/163 .220/.279/.396/.676 .850/.658 .775 45/.639 1/1 5/5

IP 80.0 46.1 48.0 19.0 139.2 72.1 17.2 45.1 61.0 126.0 43.2 TOTAL .258/.343/.414/.757 .789/.745 .790 .710 50/19 101/56

ERA-K/9

2.70/9.4

1.75/10.7

4.13/6.2

6.16/2.8

2.45/8.8

5.23/4.0

5.09/7.6

3.18/7.4

5.46/5.2

2.71/5.6

2.47/4.1

3.65/6.7

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 333/.213 189/.166 213/.254 91/.357 569/.225 304/.249 72/.318 195/.231 263/.258 504/.224 182/.203 .243

OPS .624 .504 .700 .935 .591 .736 .913 .661 .821 .614 .575 .694

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 93/.635 100/.490 102/.744 41/1.064 308/.652 148/.899 31/.534 95/.840 75/.668 137/.487 88/.563 .744

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 240/.619 89/.518 111/.661 50/.839 261/.521 156/.588 41/1.209 100/.489 188/.882 367/.663 94/.585 .658

Home 161/.607 90/.551 99/.645 39/1.026 233/.631 148/.776 37/.932 96/.636 89/.750 259/.550 96/.450

Last 28d days 62/.584 49/.489 40/.649 18/.653 144/.480 55/.683 27/1.231 42/.522 80/.931 134/.482 33/.595

HR/SB/CS 8/4/3 1/2/2 3/6/1 2/1/1 8/11/6 8/2/2 4/0/0 3/2/2 14/4/3 11/3/2 2/3/3 90/46/33

Usage ·····X·· ·oo··Xoo X····X·· ··X····X o··X···· o··X·o·· ·Xo··o·· ···X···· ·X····X· ·o·X··X·

Mariners Batters (3.90 RS/G) vs. Indians Pitchers (5.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS G/S/vB 59.Abreu
G/S/vB 20.Gosling*
G/S/vB 58.Huff*
G/S/vB 32.Laffey*
G/S/vB 31.Lee*
G/S/vB 16.Ohka
G/S/vB 44.Pavano
G/S/vB 54.Perez
G/S/vB 49.Sipp*
G/S/vB 38.Smith
G/S/vB 47.Veras
G/S/vB 34.Wood
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

25.Balentien G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.334 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 170/103 .213/.271/.355/.625 .567/.664 .641 24/.446 1/0 4/1

30.Branyan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 3/2.334 4/.750 16/.884 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 20/.367 372/244 .271/.369/.561/.930 .857/.969 1.052 100/.754 2/0 24/8

3.Cedeno G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 6/.834 5/.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 187/135 .186/.236/.323/.559 .664/.518 .631 83/.729 3/2 5/4

24.Griffey* G/S/vP 10/1.375 1/.000 3/1.667 3/.000 3/.666 21/1.159 24/.762 6/.333 1/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 25/.945 297/232 .211/.327/.378/.705 .999/.624 .903 76/.593 0/0 10/0

21.Gutierrez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 3/.666 4/.750 3/2.667 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 336/250 .294/.354/.458/.812 .994/.754 .888 82/1.081 7/5 12/4

7.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.666 4/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 161/118 .191/.281/.340/.622 .638/.615 .724 29/.852 1/0 3/6

2.Johjima G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.715 16/.688 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 132/89 .270/.298/.381/.679 .739/.649 .601 36/.801 2/1 3/1

32.Johnson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 179/135 .205/.271/.329/.600 .471/.644 .573 51/.733 1/1 1/3

12.Langerhans* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 3/.000 3/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 68/44 .241/.358/.407/.766 .568/.887 .569 68/.766 0/1 1/0

4.Lopez G/S/vP 9/.347 ··· ··· 3/1.667 9/1.083 23/.864 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/2.500 1/no AB 368/257 .265/.296/.437/.733 .811/.700 .554 97/.829 2/3 12/12

13.Shelton G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/1.300 22/.686 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/3 .250/.250/.375/.625 1.000/.000 1.000 8/.625 0/0 0/

51.Suzuki* G/S/vP 13/.847 ··· ··· 3/.666 12/.955 39/.722 7/.533 7/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/2.000 406/282 .359/.391/.474/.865 .925/.838 .906 104/.755 21/6 6/4

5.Sweeney G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 32/.796 8/1.125 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 133/65 .258/.301/.395/.696 .730/.663 .747 15/.333 0/0 3/2

6.Woodward G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 6/.000 5/2.200 2/3.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/1.833 62/39 .250/.295/.268/.563 .226/.766 .676 49/.494 1/0 0/4

IP 57.2 5.0 10.0 69.0 53.1 145.0 39.1 111.2 31.0 15.0 22.1 33.2 33.2 TOTAL .260/.316/.404/.720 .766/.702 .740 .739 62/23 93/85

ERA-K/9

5.77/4.7

10.80/7.2

7.20/3.6

6.39/5.1

3.71/5.1

3.17/6.4

5.95/3.2

5.48/6.5

4.94/11.0

3.00/10.2

4.03/9.3

6.42/5.6

5.08/10.1

5.33/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 256/.288 27/.417 47/.326 314/.305 199/.270 614/.280 172/.276 477/.300 135/.205 64/.163 96/.244 156/.242 146/.234 .280

OPS .817 1.190 1.011 .889 .713 .709 .881 .810 .690 .737 .734 .804 .773 .805

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.767 12/.944 16/.842 114/1.033 54/.582 169/.524 95/.804 242/.736 41/.784 36/.728 26/.819 67/.920 74/.724 .819

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.836 15/1.333 31/1.101 200/.809 145/.763 445/.780 77/.974 235/.883 94/.650 28/.743 70/.701 89/.711 72/.827 .796

Road 95/.895 18/1.611 19/.931 170/.944 110/.691 296/.712 73/.949 266/.799 73/.629 26/1.010 33/.704 60/1.041 70/1.004

Last 28d days 49/.931 12/1.848 40/1.076 133/.974 54/.780 145/.783 74/.982 105/.745 29/.785 19/.702 26/.766 38/.772 33/.484

HR/SB/CS 7/4/1 2/1/0 3/0/0 12/4/0 2/1/0 10/7/2 10/2/0 15/16/6 4/2/2 3/2/0 2/0/0 6/4/0 6/9/0 116/80/15

Usage ········ ··X····· ·X·····X X····X·· ···X···· ······X· ··X····· X·X····o o····o·X oo···o·o ··X····X ·X···XX·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.